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The Comeback Trail / 2020 / USA / 5.5 out of 10 Rating on IMDb


Spent more time just listening to it rather than watching. Most of the time there was nothing interesting, funny or spectacular going on.

The cast is awesome. I mean we have Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee Jones, and Zach Braff. All very well known and successful actors. Sadly not a factor that really improved the rating of the movie.

Sadly the movie wasn't as good as expected and it is reflected in its score and reviews.

@Mashiro  To be honest, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Morgan Freeman and Tommy Lee Jones some times pick movies that aren't that successful (in my opinion at least).  Tommy Lee Jones out of the four is probably the most successful, particularly in the movies I like.  Like US Marshalls, Space Cowboys, Rules of Engagement, Batman Forever.  This guy is really good.  Robert De Niro and Al Pacino may be in darker movies for me or who knows, may select scripts that are just not what I'm interested in.  There are obviously plenty of exceptions like the Godfather series, Al Pacino has been in a few really excellent action movies but mostly in the time frame immediately following the Godfather series.  His most recent movies haven't been talking to me.  Ditto Morgan Freeman.  Both actors are of course excellent actors.  Just the movies that don't really appeal to me.  Compare it with someone like Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson and Mel Gibson, who obviously have been super selective with their film scripts.  I can't recall ever seeing a movie or series I haven't really liked.  Maybe the very odd exception, but mostly I've been able to look from beginning to end.  Whereas in contrast it's happened often that I stopped looking at a movie with Robert de Niro, or Al Pacino, Morgan Freeman and Tommy Lee Jones (his later movies).

Most recently I've watched an old tongue in the cheek classic action Lethal Weapon (1987) series of Mel Gibson and Danny Glover.  Both are very talented actors.  The movies are a bit slap stick, but for me provide plenty of action, with a great sense of down to earth humour.  The interplay between the two actors is awesome.  Mel Gibson of course at his very best. I've been watching the movies from time to time, and even now it's very relaxing entertainment that makes me laugh.  Definitely not boring. I give the series 8/10, the two missing points being the movies are of course older technology.